The Lost Prince's

The Special Chapter 4 Their First Meeting

One day in April 1987

Nogart village has a population of less than 100.

Not many young people there. The residents generally work to take care of the fields

wheat and farms. Children are filled with helping their parents

they're on the farm. Girls usually take care of chickens and

milking. While the boys take care of the horses and herding the sheep.

Suburbs such as this village have fully recovered from the injuries caused

war.

Srakk!!! Bruk!

The sound of a bird falling through a large branch

in the woods. An arrow stuck in his head. Someone was driving

his horse approached the bird and picked it up. She is a teenage girl with

medium height and black hair tied up. The girl looked satisfied

with the fruits of his bounty. He then hailed his horse to a small place.

Instead of tying the horse to a tree, he jumped down and let the horse

run to the river to drink. The horse seemed to be enjoying his time in the water.

The girl sat on one of the big rocks by the river.

Playing the clear river water with his fingers. The horse whined as if

he invited the girl to play with water. They splashed water on each other for some

when later. Until the girl got half wet. The girl untied

her hair was wet, intending to let it dry with the help of the wind.

Suddenly he caught a voice. Looks like someone

watching him from a distance. But his keen listener can catch the sound

dry foliage stepped footstep.

“Who's there!”

The figure watching from a distance justu pecked, no

I thought the girl would realize her presence. That distance is still too far away

for people to hear anything. For a few long seconds, man

it just does not move even seinchi. He seems to be counting

the situation. Or maybe not. He just couldn't shift his eyes

from the long black haired little girl who was staring intently at him.

The girl could not see him hiding behind

limb trees. Of course the man knows. He could pretend that there is none

and heard nothing. And then disappear from there as quickly as possible. But he

justu stepped out of the shadow of the tree. Closer to the river. It

wearing a long robe and putting on a hoodie to cover half his face.

For some reason he looked like someone who came out from ancient times.

Feeling threatened, the girl grabbed the small dagger handle on

the back pocket of his pants. Whispering told his horse to calm down. “What do you want?”

The man remained silent for a long few seconds.

Finally he realized that his strange appearance made the girl feel threatened.

The man opened his hoodie, revealing his pale face with blond hair

yellowish and brilliant topaz blue eyes. Trying to make a friendly expression,

even though it looks just the wrong face of nervous behavior.

“A-I.come to take some water.

I see someone...”.

The girl put the dagger back into her pocket. The man in

he was dressed strangely, like coming from decades ago. But it turns out

he was just a teenager his age. Maybe a year or two older.

“Please, then”, he said.The girl sighed

length. I was relieved that it did not seem that the man was suspicious.

“You...on your own?”, asked the middle blue-eyed man

put water in the bottle.

The girl shook her head. “I was with him”, he said while

stroking his favorite horse's head.

“Not that I mean” The man snorted. “Dangerous for

girls like you roam alone in the woods like this. I hear there often

hunters and robbers who cross the area here”

The girl snorted. I feel like the guy doesn't deserve to say

once after making him feel he's one of the robbers or hunters

it's gruesome. Actually, his father warned him.

“I'm fine”, he said. “You alone, am I not

one of the robbers or hunters”

“Of course not!”

“Then who are you? I've never seen you before”

“Ah.aku..from Huntington, to the northeast of this forest.

I'm just hunting..”.

“Means you're a hunter right?”

The man nodded. He doesn't seem to be lying, but to

one reason he looks dazed. The man didn't even carry a bow or

shotgun. Instead of a long sword embedded beside his waist.

“Long”, said the girl concluded.

“What? I'm not lying”

“Then how do you hunt without a gun?”

The man swallowed. He realized his lies

unfolded. It seems he shouldn't have lied to the girl. But he

can't tell the truth. “I..run from home.”.

“Pfft...ahahaha..” The girl laughed off. Can't hold back

amused to see the pale face of the man who was taller than him now became reddish

out of embarrassment. This guy seems bigger than him but he does

like a child. In part why also he had to wear a large jar with

that suspicious hoodie.

“It's not funny”

“Maaf”, said the girl. “You seem older than me, though,

shouldn't you be more mature. Why run away from home and into the woods?

Though you yourself know that this area is dangerous”

“I don't matter. I'm not a girl”

The girl seems upset. Especially because of the last sentence

just now. She doesn't like to be treated differently just because she's a girl.

“It's not fair! Why is it always like that.Just because it was born as

a girl, why should we be restricted?”

“Sounds weird”

“What?”

“Sounds like you expect to be a male”

The girl turned her face away. “If so.

can?”

“Hmm”, said the man. “I would be sorry if

peoplebeautiful you're not a girl”

“Ehh?”

The girl's face was red. His eyes are getting bigger

rounded up. Not trusting his own audience. What the hell's going on? What man

pale with a flat face that just praised him? Wait, then why? It just

a compliment. This is not the first time she has been called beautiful. Why men's words

that moved his heart? Why that little compliment makes it so hard to pull

a breath?

The man also rode a horse. And not just horses

normally, it was a gallant stallion with snow-white fur. The girl

those who love horses are fascinated by the beauty of the named white horse

The hercules. When the girl was finally satisfied to ride Hercules around the forest,

he also came home. The blue-eyed man insisted on delivering the girl

to the lips of the forest.

“Ah, true too. I don't know your name” yet, said the girl. “I

Keyra Wilder's. You can call me Key”

“I Archi..”.

“Archi...saja?”

The man scratched his head that was not itchy. It appears

don't want to tell me his name. Or rather, he wanted to tell

that girl is more than anything. But the name may sound old-fashioned. “Archibald

Rainier”

The girl laughed.

“Why laugh?”

“You don't look confident in your own name. What

because it sounds like a medieval name?”

Archi grunting. “Yeah..I thought you'd say so”.

“No problem right. His name really fits you”, said si

girlie. “My house is over there, it's already seen”

“Ah..Then, I take you here just”

“Hmm. Trims” SI girl spurred her horse into the small street out

forestland. A few steps later he stopped and looked back. “Until

see you tomorrow, medieval prince”, he said softly.

Archi's cheeks are flushed. The little girl's joke made her

blushed. Strange girl, the stone. He did not expect to find one

the teenage girl wandered alone in the forest. And it's more not

she thought she was waiting for the girl to come back the next day.

“Don't tell me you spent the night here”, said the girl as soon as she met Archi.

Archi nodded. That kind of thing is no big deal

“This forest is much more dangerous than it seems. No

matter what your reason is, you better get home, Arch”

Archi gulped. He always hid himself

every time I travel alone. But for some reason, he felt he shouldn't

lying to that girl too much.

“I'm much stronger than he looks. So it's okay”

Key looked at Archi, quite surprised by what he said. It

not intending to underestimate the tall but thin Archi and

that pale. You weird guy, the stone. Even though he is stronger than

apparently, he would not be able to dwell if a group of robbers came.

They hunted together that day. Archi is very clever. It

set some traps to catch the animals. Not just a trap

ordinarily, Archi takes into account the size and weight of the target, its speed and place

as well as the food he likes to use as bait. Archi is also very

shihai using a bow. Not only that, Archi could really use

sword. Key was taught a few moves.

Strange guy. Archi lived in the forest for almost a week.

But he still never talked about himself.

The strangest part was how Key got close to him without feeling

it's awkward at all. He himself does not understand. Key is usually very

beware of people he does not know. But he never suspected

to the man she met in the woods.

“Have you always been like this, Key?”

Key sat next to Archi.  “What?”

“No fear and talk so casually with people

foreign”

“Not also”, said Key. I don't know why Archi talks like that

but he seems to understand what that means. The key is usually not easily close to

a stranger. But he was acting like no ordinary towards Archi. “This

salahmu”

“I?”

Key nodded. “I'm usually very wary of people

another, but I let down my guard around you. I don't think I

requireya”

“Then you made a big mistake, Key”, Archi said.

“You should be more vigilant. I'm a dangerous person”

Key looked up at Archi's face. Whatdoes thatmean? It doesn't

I'd say he's a cold-blooded killer or something.

Well.impossible. Topaz blue eyes brilliant behind yellowish blonde hair

it has absolutely no evil. His eyes turned to look at Key

sharpest. Then in an instant, Archi had already dropped Key's body to the ground,

flanking him with his body, holding both of Key's hands.

“Lhat, I can attack you”, Archi said. Topaz blue eyes

still staring at Key sharply.

Key was surprised by the attack, but he did not divert

he looked at Archi's eyes. “Alright, you are indeed dangerous. Then why?”

Archi brought his face to Key's side. As if he

smelling something behind Key's skin. Archi's breath blew caressing

above his neck. Key's heart beats so hard it feels like it can

jump from behind his chest at any time.

“Enough, Arch. Stop messing around!”, exclaimed Key starting to get annoyed.

His heartbeat is getting crazier, it feels like he can lose his sanity when

just. “Archi!”

The Archi handle holding Key's hand loosened. It

then take it off and back off. Archi sat down while turning his face away, as if

afraid to look into Key's eyes. Some of her regretted doing it half

die. But some don't want to stop. He wanted to attack Key more than

he wants everything in Key.

“You're starting to suck!”, Gutter Key. His face still felt

hotter. His heart rate has not returned to normal. For a moment he thought Archi

really won't stop.

“I've warned you”

Yes, a second before attacking, Inner Key grumbled. Men

freaky. What did that mean? Why is Archi acting so strange?

“Arch...Do you want to go home?”, asked Key unknowingly. I don't know

where did that question come from.

“Hmm. It's been a week. My mom will worry”

“If you're worried about it you should hurry” No,

it should have been from the beginning Archi did not need to escape. Right too, we're not

ever talked about this. The reason why Archi left the house. Key start

wondering if that reason would be too sensitive to ask.

“Hmm”, mumble Archi. I don't know why he doesn't seem to want to

hurry home. “If I go home, I can't see you anymore”

“Why is that? I always play here”

Archi did not say. Key suspects Archi's parents may be

too tight or something. He will not be allowed to go to the forest

alone.

“You better not be playing in the woods alone anymore. And

also don't approach strangers carelessly like you did”

“You're not a stranger, Arch”

“You can tell that now. But still, men

it's stronger than you. You can't just trust them. If you

sloppy, you can be attacked like before”, Archi warned.

“You don't have to nag me”

“You've worried me. You're not very

careful though. What do you think would happen if I meant badly to you?”

Key smiled a little. “You must have done it long ago

if that's your intention. But that's not it. I know you're not a bad guy. I

nor is he carelessly friends with anyone I meet”

Archi grunting. It's like Key doesn't understand what the problem is

actually was. “What if you're wrong?”, he asked threateningly. “I'm a person

wicked, Key. I've killed people too. No, I'm worse than that..”.

“I only believe what I see with my eyes

alone”, said Key. “When I see you, I don't see the bad guy”

Archi again gave a sharp look at Key. “Then

what if I'm not a human”

“Not human?”, reset Key, doubt the listener.

Archi nodded. “I'm a pure-blooded vampire. I

is a would-be ruler of vampire”

For a split second, Key thought Archi was joking

and make jokes to crack it. But Key soon realized Archi wasn't

was joking.

“Well..it's terrible if you ask my opinion”

Archi looked at Key full of questions. He didn't see the girl

it was feeling scared at all. Even when he responded to her words with

serious. “You won't run away from me?”, asked Archi after a few seconds

length.

“Why should I run?”

“I'm a vampire. You know what I eat? Then run

before you became my food”

Key shakes. He grunted annoyed. “It's not funny, Arch”

“I'm not playing around”

“I know. But if you're trying to make me run

from you with fear then forget it”, said Key asserted. “I don't

scared you. No matter who or what you are, you're a”

Archi grunting. He felt out of words. Key is different

from a normal girl. Archi had known that ever since he first stared

Key in the river. The girl had blood with a mouth-watering scent. Just this time

Archi was made not warted because he was fascinated. Not just his blood, Key himself

also fascinating. She was so beautiful, so brave, so free to go

expressing himself.

This week Archi tried to describe the girl.

more precisely trying to find a gap to stay away from Key. But it's just getting more and more

interested approaching. It's like Key has its own gravity. Archi knows him

you cannot have feelings for just anyone. But he can't

menace it. He fell in love. Every time Key's smile expands as they

meet, he's in love. Each time Key's eyes sparkled reflected a soft light

sunari, he fell in love.

But more than anyone, Archi understood that feeling was not

they can be allowed to grow too far. Key is a human. Temporal

Archi is someone who will sit on the throne of the vampire kingdom. He should

killing his own heart. Then when dusk comes, when he will say goodbye to

returning home, Archi erases Key's memory of him. And he disappeared from life

Key, for good. At least that's what he planned.